Siheyuan: Since 1962

Chapter 219 Competition
In the steel mill, this kind of competition between chefs may not be seen once a year, so even when Zhou Weimin, the canteen director, came, everyone's eyes were still on the two of them.

It was Ma Binggui, the second chef of the fourth canteen, who reluctantly withdrew his gaze and walked to Zhou Weimin to explain: "Director Zhou, Chef Nan and Chef He were competing, and Chef He said it was your idea."

Zhou Weimin nodded casually and asked in confusion: "Well, I promised them. The competition has already started, why didn't anyone call me?"

"I...I forgot..."

Ma Binggui smiled awkwardly, lowered his head and did not dare to look at Zhou Weimin.

When the competition started, Master Nan asked him to notify Director Zhou.

But when he saw the two people starting to compete, he wanted to watch for a while.

Then I thought about watching the food being prepared and then leaving. Then I thought about watching the first dish, the second...

Then Director Zhou came over.

If not for this, he would have been reluctant to take his eyes away from the two people competing to explain the situation to Director Zhou.

"Don't do it again. Go watch them cook. It will do you good."

Zhou Weimin smiled gently and did not blame Ma Binggui. Instead, he watched the two of them cook with interest.

Soon, there were four more dishes on each side of the table.

Using the same ingredients, the dishes made by the two people gave people completely different feelings.

The dishes made by He Yuzhu give people the feeling of stir-fried dishes in a restaurant. Although they look good, there is not much surprise.

Nan Yi’s dishes are quite the opposite. At first glance, they look like big pot dishes made in the cafeteria, but they give people a sense of refinement.

If I have to describe it, the dishes made by Nan Yi are very clean and bright!
Just in terms of appearance, He Yuzhu is already at a disadvantage.

He Yuzhu, who saw this scene, was not discouraged. He had always known that he was not as good as Nan Yi in the presentation of dishes.

But even though the dish is said to be delicious, the real test lies in its taste.

After Qin Huairu's incident, he had devoted all his attention to cooking for the past two days. He pestered his father to brush up on the half-baked skills he had learned before. He thought he had made great progress in his cooking skills and would never lose to Nan Yi again.

Seeing the two men standing face to face and stopping, Zhou Weimin stood between them, looked at the clearly separated dishes on both sides, and said with a smile: "It seems that this is the answer you have been thinking about for so long."

He Yuzhu gritted his teeth, looked straight at Zhou Weimin and said firmly: "Yes, I will make these dishes, whether I win or lose, I will accept it. But you alone can't make the final decision. Since everyone is watching, I want everyone to taste it together and vote to decide the winner."

He didn't care at all about the looks people cast at him.

"Silly Zhu, this is the fourth cafeteria, are you sure?"

Zhou Weimin looked at He Yuzhu with interest and smiled teasingly.

"I am sure!"

He Yuzhu nodded heavily without any hesitation.

This time in the competition with Nan Yi, he didn't want to compete to see whose food was better. What he wanted to prove was that he was no worse than Nan Yi.

No matter whether he is in the third canteen or the fourth canteen, no matter whether the people who have eaten the food will vote against their will, as long as he does better than Nan Yi, even if these people vote for Nan Yi now, someone will tell others about it in the future.

Not to mention, if he can win, he will be taller than Nan Yi in the future. Zhou Weimin nodded, turned to look at Nan Yi and asked: "Nan Yi, what do you think?"

Nan Yi crossed his arms over his chest and said nonchalantly, "I'm fine."

He was absolutely confident in his cooking skills, and he didn't believe that He Yuzhu's cooking skills could improve so much and catch up with his in just a few days.

"Okay, then let's do as you said. Everyone, stop looking and line up to taste the cooking of our two chefs. Let's talk about the taste first, and after we sort them out, we'll talk about the meaning of the dishes, and finally decide which dishes to use. How do you think?"

Zhou Weimin waved to everyone, but the last question was directed to the two people who were taking the comparison test.

"So much the better."

"I'm OK."

After hearing the two's answers, Zhou Weimin nodded and smiled. After everyone in the fourth canteen lined up, he tasted the twelve dishes made by the two one by one with his chopsticks.

Just as he expected, the dishes cooked by He Yuzhu tasted pretty good, but those cooked by Nan Yi were still slightly better than his, but not by much.

After putting down his chopsticks, Zhou Weimin took out a notebook from his pocket, tore off a piece of paper, tore it into twelve pieces, and numbered each dish from one to twelve.

Then he walked aside and said to everyone while Master Ma Binggui was tasting the dishes: "After everyone has tasted them, you can come here and report the numbers of the dishes to me in order from best to worst. I will make a public statistics. Report whatever you think, don't think of anything else. This dish is related to the reputation of the entire factory, and no one can cheat."

Except for Master Ma Binggui who was still tasting the food, everyone else's eyes were looking back and forth between Nan Yi and He Yuzhu.

Although the two have not yet come to a conclusion in their competition, everyone feels that both of them have already won.

When Director Zhou said this, he was actually saying that the two of them were the best chefs among all the chefs in the steel rolling mill. It was just a matter of first or second.

For a moment, many people actually felt some sympathy for Chef Ma Binggui who was tasting the dishes. This man who almost became the chef of the fourth canteen now doesn't even have the chance to compete and can only taste the dishes here. I wonder how sad he must be feeling now.

At this time, Chef Ma Binggui had finished tasting all the dishes. He walked to Zhou Weimin and loudly told him his ranking, with excitement shining in his eyes.

Uncomfortable?

What a joke!
Today, he saw the competition between the two and tasted the dishes made by them. It has benefited his cooking skills a lot. He was so happy that he didn't even have time to feel sad.

I know my own cooking skills very well and I have never thought of competing with these two. But my cooking skills are my own, so how can I not be happy if they can be improved?

Under Zhou Weimin's gaze, everyone tasted the dishes one by one in an orderly manner and gave their answers.

When the final result came out, Sha Zhu's face didn't look good, but after tasting all the dishes made by Nan Yi, there was a bit more relief on his face.

The dishes he made were inferior to Nan Yi's, but not completely inferior.

There were twelve dishes in total, and the dishes he cooked were ranked fifth, sixth, and from ninth to the last.

Although it is not as good as Nan Yi, there are two dishes that are better than Nan Yi.

Although I am somewhat unwilling to accept this result, I am more convinced.

The dishes cooked by Nan Yi were indeed much better in taste than his. Because of his cooking skills, he could taste the difference between him and Nan Yi.

This time, his loss was not unfair.

(End of this chapter)